(19)
(11) EP 1 111 433 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
08.01.2003 Bulletin 2003/02

(43) Date of publication A2:
27.06.2001 Bulletin 2001/26

(21) Application number: 01105466.5

(22) Date of filing: 26.03.1992
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: G02B 26/10
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB

(30) Priority: 27.03.1991 JP 6296191
12.06.1991 JP 14020591
23.10.1991 JP 27527191
24.10.1991 JP 27749791
24.10.1991 JP 27749891
24.10.1991 JP 27749991
24.10.1991 JP 27750091
04.12.1991 JP 32016291

(62) Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
92907344.3 / 0532760

(71) Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Hasegawa, Shinya, Fujitsu Limited
    Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 (JP)
  • Kayashima, Shigeo, Fujitsu Limited
    Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 (JP)
  • Maeda, Satoshi, Fujitsu Limited
    Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 (JP)
  • Iwata, Shigetake, Fujitsu Limited
    Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 (JP)
  • Yamagishi, Fumio, Fujitsu Limited
    Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 (JP)
  • Nakashima, Masato, Fujitsu Limited
    Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 (JP)
  • Aritake, Hirokazu, Fujitsu Limited
    Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 (JP)
  • Hokari, Mamoru, Fujitsu Limited
    Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa 211-8588 (JP)

(74) Representative: Stebbing, Timothy Charles et al
Haseltine Lake & Co., Imperial House, 15-19 Kingsway
London WC2B 6UD
London WC2B 6UD (GB)

   


(54) Light beam scanning apparatus


(57) A light-beam scanning apparatus comprising a light source portion (210), a rotatable hologram (202) on which a diffraction grating is recorded, and a fixed plate (203) which contains a diffraction grating recorded thereon and is disposed between said rotatable hologram (202) and a scanning surface; wherein a light incident from said light source (210) is diffracted by the diffraction grating of said rotatable hologram (202), and the resulting diffracted light is diffracted by said fixed plate (203) to be used in a scanning on said scanning surface (204), the light-beam scanning apparatus being characterized in that a convergence position of a light incident on said rotatable hologram (202) is configured to be nearer, in a direction at right angles to a scanning direction, to an image formation surface or an incident light than to said rotatable hologram surface, and peripheral optical paths in a light flux, which optical paths are measured from an incident light to the scanning surface are made uniform, by diffracting, by means of said fixed plate (203), a diffracted light from said rotatable hologram (202).






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